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Sergeant EDWIN ERIC WHITTAKER

Service Number: 2201893
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

223 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY

VII. E. 3.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Field Whittaker and Mary Elizabeth Whittaker, of Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

VENRAY WAR CEMETERY
Limburg (Netherlands) Netherlands
Number of casualties: 693
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